Milk Wafer Cookies, Milk

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Milk Wafer Cookies, Milk scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Emulsifiers: Soya Lecithin E322 Less Than 1% Polyglycerol Esters And Inter-Esterified Ricinolic Acids E476; Flavoring "Vanillic"): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Milk Wafer Cookies, Milk's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Confectionery Icing (38%)(Sugar, Cocoa Butter Substitute (Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils: Soya Oil, Palm Oil), Emulsifiers: E492 And Sunflower Lecithin E322), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Confectionary Fat (Refined, Deodorized, Partially Hydrogenated, Fractionated Palm Oil, Soya Lecithin Emulsifier E322 (Less Than 1%), Antioxidant: Tocopherols, E306 Mixture Concentrate), Antioxidant: Tocopherols.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sheet Wafers (18%)(Wheat Flour Bakery Of The Highest Grade (93%), Potato Starch, High-Oleic Sunflower Oil (Refined, Deodorized), Soya Lecithin E322 (Less Than 1%)Emulsifier, Salt, E500 Bicarbonate (Ii), Egg-Dried Melange (Less Than 1%), Regulator Acidity - Citric Acid E330).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.